The Deaf Hill Shorthouse Family

The “Durham Website Online” states that few modern-day residents can claim deep roots in the Northeast region. Most are descendants of newcomers who arrived from elsewhere in the British Isles. The Shorthouse family is typically one of these.

While we do not have any specific evidence why families migrated, we can reasonably assume that the collapse of the mining industry in the Southwest of England between 1860 and 1890 resulted in a mass exodus to the developing regions such as Durham, where coal mines and industry were expanding at a rapid rate.

Frederick Shorthouse was born in Bedminster Somerset. His father John worked as an excavation labourer on railway construction. John married Sarah Oatway in Bristol.

Anne Osborn was born in Grampound Cornwall. Her father Joseph was a master carpenter with his own yard. Joseph married to a local girl Jenifer (Jane) Harris.

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